Authors: Shashikanth Ch (Sree Chaitanya College Of Engineering, Karimnagar, India), G Venkateswarlu (Sree Chaitanya College Of Engineering, Karimnagar, India), Davidson M J (National Institute of Technology Warangal, Hanamkonda, India)
Volume/Issue: 6/2
ISSN: 2334-4563
EISSN: 2334-4571
DOI: 10.4018/IJMFMP.2019070101
Date Posted: 7/1/2019 12:00:00 AM
Abstract
The extrusion of copper-based aluminium alloys is difficult in the cold state. Extruding these alloys between the solidus and liquidus temperatures offer preferred properties on these alloys. In the present work, AA2017, a copper-based aluminium alloy has been extruded in the semi-solid state. The mechanical and metallurgical properties of the alloy vary at different temperatures between the solidus and liquidus temperatures. The aim of the present work is to optimize the process parameters, namely, temperature of billet, strain rate, approach angle and percentage reduction in area on the semi-solid extrusion of AA2017 alloy. Experiments were designed according to Taguchi experimental design and L9 orthogonal array was used to conduct the experiments. Analysis of variance (ANOVA) method was used to find the significance of every process parameter on the thixo-extrusion process responses. The results indicate that percentage reduction area is the most important factor influencing the mechanical properties of thixo-extrusion specimen followed by temperature and strain rate.
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